Crime wrap June 4,2000

Published: Sunday, June 04, 2000

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AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

3200 block of 47th Street

About 10-20 basketball players from Lorenzo and Levelland high schools were involved in a fight in the parking lot of Monterey High School at 10:08 p.m. Friday.

The fight apparently began because of tension between the two basketball teams during the game. One suspect reportedly hit a member of the Lorenzo basketball team in the jaw while he was in his vehicle as he tried to exit the parking lot. When the Lorenzo player exited his vehicle, several Levelland players attacked him. As a second Lorenzo player exited the passenger-side of the vehicle he was hit by another Levelland player. A third Lorenzo player was hit in the head with a rock.

A parent of a Levelland player made a racial comment then pushed the aunt and uncle of a Lorenzo player.

Several parents broke up the fight between the basketball players, but one victim was transported to Children's Methodist Hospital for injuries.

THEFT

2400 block of 4th Street

Authorities were looking for a suspect who reportedly stole over $650 worth of property from a hotel room of Days Inn Tuesday.

The victim reported the incident when she arrived at the airport without some property and then tried to recover it unsuccessfully at the hotel. The desk clerk said nothing had been turned into the hotel's custody.

2600 block of 50th Street

Authorities are looking for a vehicle that was reported stolen at 8:14 p.m. Friday valued up to $16,000.

The victim reported there was an extra set of keys to the vehicle inside the ashtray of the vehicle. The vehicle has a window sticker on the back window of a boy urinating on "Dallas."

FORGERY

5000 block of University Avenue

A manager at Plains National Bank reported a forgery Tuesday. A check appeared to be made out to and endorsed by the suspect for the amount of $90.

An affidavit will be filed with the Forgery Division.

INJURY TO A CHILD

5500 block of 58th Street

A juvenile pushed a child and assaulted the child's mother on Friday as the mother was borrowing a neighbor's telephone.

The suspect had let the woman and her children into his apartment to borrow the telephone. While the woman was on the phone, the juvenile who had been playing with the child got upset and pushed the child into the kitchen cabinets. The woman told the suspect to stop, but he cursed at her and continued to push the child. The suspect then began to hit the woman several time and pinned her down on a couch where he continued to hit her.

The woman finally managed to get away and ran out of the apartment with her children.

The woman said that the suspect's brother and his girlfriend were present in the apartment while the incident occurred but refused to call the police.